People have Realized they are No Good

And because of this, they are destroying themselves.

This realization began, as a result of the Industrial Revolution. A huge event, where to put it simply - the machines took over, and ran things themselves. This resulted in the American Civil War, WWI, the Depression, WWII, and the Cold War.

These were all caused by advanced Technologies, but depleted social skills. Our technical skills got better, but our social skills got worse. And in our deepest beings, we noticed this - and despaired of it.

What I am saying here, was said by many other people, especially Karl Marx. But in the long run, this changed nothing. We had been changed, and not for the better. And could see no way out.

I am speaking of most people here. One result of this change, was the creation of the masses, with limited thinking ability, and social awareness. These fit right into the assembly lines, that employed them.

This takes us up to the Fifties, when an even more powerful technology was introduced - the Television. It immediately took over our public consciousness, and made us all the same.

People everywhere were watching their TVs - and dictatorships everywhere, were managing them. Their reality was whatever they could see on the screen, right in front of them. Nothing else mattered.

Then, in the Eighties, another force appeared - the Computer. That most people thought of as an advanced Television - that responded to their input! When it was nothing of the kind.

Another technology was controlling us - and we had no idea what it was - and didn't want to know. We took refuge in our ultimate defense - we stopped knowing anything, or being anything. If we did not exist, we could not be hurt!